Improvement in taps for oil-cans



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

MATTHEW ANDREW, OF MELBOURNE, VICTORIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TAPS FOR OIL-CANS.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, MATTHEW ANDREW, ofMelbourne, Victoria, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tapsfor Oil-Gans, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in theart to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing forming part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure lrepresents a vertical section of this invention when the tap is closedand protected by its capsule. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the salue whenit is open.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a tap composed of a tubular cylindrical plugiitted into a socket at tached to a metallic plate, which plate is thensoldered or otherwise secured to the outside of the can, the whole beinginclosed by a metallic cap.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a can or package of that classgenerally used for transporting kerosene-oil or other liquids of asimilar nature. This can is hermetically sealed on all sides, and to oneof its sides is secured a socket, B, soldered or otherwise secured toametallic or other suitable plate, j', which communicates with theinterior ofthe can through a hole, c, and which is bored out to receivea cylindrical plug, O, which is tubular and provided in its side with ahole, I), its top being closed and furnished with a handle for thepurpose of facilitating its operation. Said plug, being cylindrical, canbe raised and lowered in its socket, and when it is raised and turned tothe position shown in Fig. l ofthe drawing the hole I) of the plug doesnot match with the hole a leading into the can, and the can remainsclosed; but when the plug is depressed and turned to the position shownin Fig. 2 the hole b matches the hole a', and the contents ofthe can arefree to discharge through the tubular plug, the bottom end of said plugbeing in such a position that the liquid discharging through it isprevented from coming in contact with the side ofthe can. IVhen the plugis raised to the position shown in Fig. l it, together with the socketB, can be covered by a capsule, D, which is intended to be soldered tothe side of the can, so that the plug can not be depressed and turned inits socket before the capsule is unsoldered and removed.

By these means a very cheap tap is obtained, which, when protected bythe capsule, is absolutely safe, and which, when the capsule is takenoff, allows of drawing off the contents ofthe can with the greatest easeand facility and without soiling the sides of the can.

The socket B may also be attached to the can in an oblique position, asshown in Fig. 3, and in this case the plug requires no sliding motion.It, together with the socket, can be covered up by the capsule, and whenthe capsule is taken oil and the plug turned to the proper position theliquid discharges Without soilin g the side ofthe can.

I disclaim, in this present application, everything shown and describedin a patent for capsule-tap, granted to meAugust 24, 1869, and numbered94,057 but Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The tap for oil-cans, consisting ofthe exterior socket B upon the platej', which is soldered to the can, the plug C within the socket, and thecapsule I) inclosing both the tube and socket, as herein described, forthe purpose speciiied.

This specification signed by me this 10th day of March, 1870.

MATTH. ANDREW.

Witnesses W. HAUEF, E. F, KASTENEUBEE.

